Introduce Kids To ‘The X-Files’ With This Popup Picture Book

If you’re a geeky parent who’d like to introduce the kids to one of your fandoms, we may have the perfect book for you. The X Files: Earth Children Are Weird takes the otherworldly tales from the series and transforms them into bedtime stories that won’t give the kids nightmares.

The publishers Quirk Books explain: “One the most beloved TV shows of all time is now a sweet, silly, sci-fi bedtime story! In The X Files: Earth Children Are Weird, best pals Dana (Scully) and Fox (Mulder) have pitched a tent in the backyard for a sleepover. But the night is full of strange sounds, lights, and shadows. Surely there’s a rational, scientific explanation for everything . . . or is there? With beautiful illustrations of pint-sized Dana and Fox, this humorous and not-scary-at-all story will introduce the cult TV show to an entire new generation of fans.”